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May 16th, 2025

‘Eddington’ Review: Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix Fight for Power in Ari Aster’s Gripping Western Thriller


Ari Aster is a director who, with every one of his films, brings you into close proximity with a world and characters that you can’t help but be repulsed by.

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May 16th, 2025

‘Eddington’ Review: Ari Aster’s Bleak and Brilliant Look at Post-COVID America Feels Like the First Truly Modern Western


Cannes: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal run against each other for mayor in a small New Mexico town that's about to go up in flames.

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May 16th, 2025

Sorry, Baby review – a warm, bitingly funny refocus of the trauma plot


Sundance film festival: In her feature debut, writer-director Eva Victor depicts the aftermath of sexual assault with striking naturalism and surprising grace

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May 16th, 2025

‘Sorry, Baby’ Trailer Offers First Look At A24’s Sundance Darling From Breakout Filmmaker Eva Victor


A24 on Thursday morning debuted the first trailer for Sorry, Baby, one of the buzziest titles to emerge from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, which was also one of the few to sell in a major deal.

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May 16th, 2025

‘Eddington’s’ Matt Gomez Hidaka on Being Directed by Ari Aster and Acting Opposite Joaquin Phoenix


Not long after telling his agent that he wanted to work with Aster, the young actor found himself on the New Mexico set of the director’s latest project, now premiering at the Cannes Film Festival.

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May 16th, 2025

Everything We Know About Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ So Far


Ari Aster’s fourth film, Eddington is on the horizon.

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May 16th, 2025

Ari Aster Explores a Fractured America in Eddington


Presenting in Competition for the first time, Ari Aster with Eddington delivers a psychological western with accents of paranoia, rooted in an America on the verge of imploding.

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May 13th, 2025

It’s hilarious. It’s awkward. It’s ‘Friendship’


We keep hearing that we’re in a male-loneliness epidemic. The agonizing and hilarious “Friendship” makes it feel like the Black Death. Written and directed by debuting filmmaker Andrew DeYoung (TV’s “PEN15,” “Shrill”), this bromance trembles as guy meets man-child, guy dumps man-child and man-child burns everything down. It’s a reflection of the adult struggle to make new friends as seen through a spook-house mirror.

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May 13th, 2025

The Wild Music Scene in the Funniest Movie of the Year


Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd’s hilarious movie “Friendship” features the most random needle drop. Here’s the story behind the song.

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